External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98860	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66133	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59839
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62734	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57894	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67025
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66452	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67466	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67876	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67038
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67836	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67717	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67555	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65931
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69425	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74822
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72598	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70466	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69330	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67402
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66053	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85853

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease